Lullington Heath Explained

Lullington Heath
Aos:	East Sussex
Interest:	Biological
Area:	72.7ha
Notifydate:	1986
Map:	Magic Map

Lullington Heath is a 72.7abbr=offNaNabbr=off biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Eastbourne in East Sussex.^{[1] [2]} It is a national nature reserve^[3] and a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I.^[4]

This site has two nationally uncommon habitats, chalk heath and chalk grassland. Chalk heath formerly covered most of the site but scrub took over much of it after myxomatosis almost wiped out the rabbit population in the 1950s. The grassland is rich in flowering plants and the scrub and rough grassland provide valuable habitats for invertebrates and birds.^[5]

References

50.794°N 0.18°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Lullington Heath . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 16 January 2019.
2. Web site: Map of Lullington Heath. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 16 January 2019.
3. Web site: Designated Sites View: Lullington Heath . National Nature Reserves. Natural England. 10 January 2019.
4. Book: Derek Ratcliffe

   . Derek . Ratcliffe . A Nature Conservation Review. 2 . 117 . Derek Ratcliffe . Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, UK . 1977. 0521 21403 3 .

5. Web site: Lullington Heath citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 16 January 2019.